Volume One of The Complete Little Orphan Annie contains more than 1000 daily comics in nine complete stories from the very first strip in August 1924 through October 1927 In the pages of " Will Tomorrow Ever Come?" readers will discover how Annie escapes the orphanage & is ultimately adopted by " Daddy;" how she finds that loveable mutt Sandy & rescues him from being tortured; how she meets the Silos who become recurring characters throughout the series; how she joins the circus & first encounters Pee Wee the elephant; & how broke & alone she hits the road on a succession of dangerous yet spiritually uplifting adventures This volume also
Includes:: an index & a biographical essay by Jeet Heer -The Library of American Comics is the world&s 1 publisher of classic newspaper comic strips with 14 Eisner Award nominations & three wins for best book About the Author Harold Gray was born in 1894 in Kankakee Illinois & debuted Little Orphan Annie on August 5 1924 & continued to write & draw the comic strip for forty-four years until his death in 1968